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25th July 2017

The venue for Society meetings has changed and the directions to it given on p. 126 of the July 2017 issue are incorrect. Meetings are held at the Hall of St. Botolph’s Church, Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TL. The Hall is set in a small garden behind the church, less than 2 minutes’ walk from Liverpool St. mainline and underground stations.

The Problemist

The March issue contained a report on the Final of the 2006-2007 Winton
Capital British Chess Solving Championship, won by World Champion Piotr
Murdzia, with runner-up John Nunn taking the British title. Articles
included James Quah on the Roman Theme and Michael Lipton on “Multiple
pins of the black queen in miniature three-movers”, while in the
Supplement Ian Watson discussed “Superhuman Studies” and
John Rice explained the Dombrovskis theme and presented a selection of
the work of the late Italian composer Guido Cristoffanini. There were
full obituaries of Aurel Karpati and Marcel Segers. The award for
helpmates in 2½ and 3 moves (judge Rolf Wiehagen) was published.
Browsing in the Library covered The Danish Wizard, the 1963 collection
of the work of Knud Hannemann.

Fadil Abdurahmanovic

2nd Prize, The Problemist, 2005

Helpmate in 2½: 2 solutions

1...Ra6 2.Qxg6 Rxg6 3.Kc3 Rg3
1…Bg8 2.Qxb3 Bxb3 3.Ke4 Bc2

Attractive and harmonious solutions in which the existing batteries are
destroyed and a new indirect battery created from the original rear pieces.